HTC Hero

HTC has upload 4 new videos to YouTube to promote its latest Android-powered smartphone - Hero. The clips are nicely designed, and short enough (no more than 2 minutes) to compel users into switching to Android. And considering just how cool the Hero is, that shouldn’t be a problem. Enjoy the clips after the jump – in total they shouldn’t take you more than 8 minutes.

Philips Xenium X650

Philips has a new device, member of its Xenium family. It’s the X650, which comes in a slider form factor. As you can see from the image above, it looks quite cool with that metallic keypad. Rest of the specs include tri-band (900/1800/1900 MHz) GSM radio, 2.4-inch QVGA screen, 3.2 megapixel camera, FM radio, Bluetooth, media player, 30MB of internal memory that is further expandable with microSD memory cards. As for the mentioned battery, it provides enough power to use the phone for up to 8 hours in talk, or up to 720 hours in standby mode. Size wise, the Philips Xenium X650 measures 104.5×52×16.75 mm, and has a weight of 133.9 grams. Finally, like that’s the case with virtually all Philips’ phones, most probably you’ll have to pick it up in parts of Asia (i.e. China). And we’ve no information on pricing…

Iorgane’s KIRFy F9

Can’t make up your mind between an iPhone or a Touchwiz? Are you not too proud to sport a knockoff? Do you really, really like smooth jazz? Bring on the Iorgane F9, an update to the knock-off so sour that it just kept popping up again and again, soon available for purchase in 2, 4, and 8GB flavors. The orange-emblazoned F9 (it looks like a fat apple to us) is lovingly demonstrated below with the soothing strains of Kenny Gorelick — a man better known to elevators around the world under a different name. Take it away, Kenny G…

Samsung Tegra-based smartphone

NVIDIA’s Tegra chip has shown itself to be quite a gem, especially in the field of augmented reality zombie destruction. Looks like Samsung agrees with that sentiment, and has confirmed that it’s currently developing a smartphone with the powerful processor. That’s not a lot to go on, but knowing the capabilities of the CPU, we’re excited. It’s probably safe to assume an AMOLED touchscreen is a given, as well as a plethora of TouchWiz widgets, but whether or not the phone goes with Windows Mobile orAndroid is still a mystery. A recent rumor suggested one of the “top five” smartphone makers would be releasing a $199 GSM-based Tegra device by year’s end — no indication if these two reports are one in the same, but we’d love to see what Sammy has in store sooner rather than later.